Construction U-552 Type VIIc Trumpeter 1:48 [ COMPLETED BUILD ]

[Henk Liebre]

A small improvement, because I am changing the sail floor to Swiss cheese. Again, RCSubs fantastic PE kit is perfectly designed and provides a very nice fit
I didn't use the mold, put the PE over the plastic and sprayed it with a black primer to position the marks

 

[Henk Liebre]

Produced a lot of fabric with open milling….

 

[Henk Liebre]

With a good result.

 

[Henk Liebre]

The back is sprayed for the colors as experiments.The

underside will be painted darker later because it is still being worked on

The colors do not come into its own on the photo (I Phone 4), but the hull becomes the same colors

 

[AIT471]

Produced a lot of fabric with open milling….
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Nerves of steel for sure...Not a whole lot left of the deck...Yikes.

 

[Henk Liebre]

Time to glue the PE to the plastic skeleton and add the hatch cover

 

[Henk Liebre]

Again, the RC Subz photo-etched part is a very nice and good match with the Trumpeter parts.

They certainly enhance the look of this fashion

 

[Henk Liebre]

Open port side...

 

[Henk Liebre]

A few more details glued: wooden battens to protect the crew against cold and shocks

Plastic hinges removed and holes drilled for the PE parts

 

[Henk Liebre]

Drilled 1.2 mm for the navigation lights and glued everything placed straight

 

[Henk Liebre]

Drilled out massive parts (navigation light aft) and attached a light

 

[Henk Liebre]

Light test ...

 

[Henk Liebre]

and the starboard side

 

[Henk Liebre]

and the inside

 

[Uwek]

These photo etched parts are really improve the model by 200%.
We can see no rests of glue - which type of supercement are you using and how do you apply it to the parts (needle or something else)?
Only one small problem I realized looking at your close up photos:
maybe you can remove it (green arrow) - it is slightly out of the correct place

 

[Henk Liebre]

Hi Uwek,

Thank you for your attention, I had also noticed it myself when taking the photo, and it has also been corrected, typical case of not degreasing enough and the parts shifting

I am now in phase 2 of 4 with airbrusch work for the tower, and is now more visible

The glue:
I use Zap Z poxy 5 minutes


This is a two component glue with good results, the parts can still be corrected in time, and the adhesion is very strong.

First sand both parts lightly, I do this with grit 1000

Degrease both parts with 95% alcohol.

Little glue is then needed for a strong bond

Any glue residues can be easily removed after drying with 95% alcohol with a cotton swab or a toothpick.

I hope that the last translation is good, pictures say more than words ..

 

[Henk Liebre]

Started with airbrushing for the Tower

Phase 1 applying Primer (Panzer Gray)
Phase 2 White gray (71.119), a light layer (the current photo)
Phase 3 the shadows with Blue-Gray (71.304) and black
Phase 4 Redo2 White gray (71.119) ) (more covering)
Phase 5 Weathering

The steps have now been added

 

[Henk Liebre]

Adjusted the space under the tower
Because the transparent view is on the wrong side, everything has to be converted in mirror image, also the transit for periscope in the deck adjusted for that.

 

[Henk Liebre]

Added wiring, and made a hole for the wires in the deck where the lights of the tower will come through (switch buttons still updating)

 

[Henk Liebre]

The engine is challenging to build
It must have at least 100 parts to assemble.